Any recommendations for books on coming up with new business ideas?
There are a lot of books that gives business ideas -- you can get an idea and put an entirely new spin on it to make it unique to you Turn Your Talents into Profits: 100+ Terrific Ideas for Starting Your Own Home-Based Microbusiness The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century 121 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home The Best Internet Businesses You Can Start 101 Ways to Make Money at Home More general books on starting a business - What No One Ever Tells You About Starting Your Own Business: Real Life Start-Up Advice from 101 Successful Entrepreneurs http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1... - If You're Clueless About Starting Your Own Business and Want to Know More http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1... - Start Your Own Business : The Only Start-Up Book You'll Ever Need http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1... - Steps to Small Business Start-Up : Everything You Need to Know to Turn Your Idea into a Successful Business http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1574101323/ref=nosim/powerhomebizguid - The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything by Guy Kawasaki
Business management software recommendation?
Dear, I am looking for a business management software/program for a small-mid size business Software/Program that allows me to store personal informations of my clients for business use. One that can be installed onto a server and accessed by my employees through a network when they're dealing with the client.
Need Business book recommendations?
The intelligent Investor would be a good book. It gives insight into how to select a good business. I discuss financial statements. It is also good to get an early education on investing.
What are the best books on business management?
Many business leaders like Jim Collin's Good to Great, but I'll go with the Peter Drucker's classic The Practice of Management.Here are a few more from decades past:Peters and Waterman (1982), In Search of Excellence. Best-selling account of competitive businesses that really opened the gates for popular business reading.W. Edwards Deming (1982), Out of the Crisis. The quality guru delivered a message we needed to hear.Michael Porter (1985) Competitive Advantage. The basic principles of competition and strategy. This guy's name is forever linked all things competitive--industries, nations, cities and healthcare.Johnson and Kaplan (1987), Relevance Lost. How accounting has lost it usefulness for managers. Kaplan now associated with The Balanced Scorecard.Peter Senge (1990), The Fifth Discipline. A close look at the learning organization.Geoffrey A. Moore (1991), Crossing the Chasm. Started the ball rolling on the sale of high-tech products, described by one as "still the bible for entrepreneurial marketing."Hamel and Prahalad (1994), Competing for the Future (1994). Required reading on business strategy.Clayton M. Christensen (1997), The Innovator's Dilemma. Creative Destruction writ large "when new technologies cause great firms to fail."
Recommendations for Selling a Book of Commercial Business Insurance in Illinois?
Actually, that is quite a small book, especially for commercial. We have single commercial clients in our office that generate that much commision (a hospital comes to mind - with all of their policies). My personal book, that I handle myself - all changes, questions, sales, etc - generates more than twice that amount of commissions & I work only 30 hrs per week. I have never heard of a producer that could sell a book from the agency when they leave. The book is owned by the agency, not the producer, the producer just gets a split of the agency commission for their wages. The agency has the contracts with the carriers directly, not the producer. You just have your license. Also, a noncompete clause only says that you cannot work for another agency within a certain distance & sell the same products (it would be OK to switch agencies & sell personal or life instead of commercial in your situation). A nonsolicit clause says you cannot call your current clients to sell them insurance in your new agency, but if they call you for quotes (they heard you were working at the new agency & called you), then you can sell to them. How do you know they will not be as well served after you leave? I'm sure a new producer will be hired in your place. Anyway, I don't think you can do what you are proposing. Check with your current agency & see, but I doubt it. Your job title does not matter.
Anyone have any recommendations for a book?
Shōgun. Shōgun is a 1975 novel by James Clavell. It's the first novel (by internal chronology) of the author's Asian Saga. A major best-seller, by 1990 the book had sold 15 million copies worldwide. Beginning in feudal Japan some months before the critical Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Shōgun gives an account of the rise of the daimyō "Toranaga" (based upon the actual Tokugawa Ieyasu). Toranaga's rise to the shogunate is seen through the eyes of the English sailor John Blackthorne, called Anjin ("Pilot") by the Japanese, whose fictional heroics are loosely based on the historical exploits of William Adams.
What are the Best books to read for a business management student?
A management student might want to read not just management books per se, but also things Beyond management that will broaden your knowledge. It will help you You if you understand marketing, current events, psychology, business model. I think Those are connected to management. For management theory, you can read book by Jack Welch, Peter Drucker, Jim Collins, Ram Charan. You might be interested in "one minute Manager" For personal development, and learning you might read Seven Habits of Highly successful people (S. Covey), The art of learningAnd to keep up with current events, i recommend reading magazines such as wall Street Journal, Fortune, Bloomberg business week, The Economist. The economist is well written and I personally find it helps me on how to think. You should subscribe to Harvard business review as well. Its got current Trends of management ideas. Forr psychology i find robert cialdini book is helpful. Its based on research, well written, easy to understand and applicable.
Which are the best business/management books to read?
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Recommendations for project management and mind-mapping software?
Haven't used either but need easy-to-use and learn, low cost or free, project management software. Looking for something I can get up and running quickly, without much of a learning curve. Also would like to get a good, free mindmapping program, either integrated with project management program or separately. Appreciate any recommendations
What are some good books for business management case studies?
Case Studies in Marketing: The Indian Context by Srinivasan R: this text provides cases that have been culled from the business world and drawn from authentic sources. In this revised edition, most of these cases studies have been thoroughly updated. Four new cases have also been included: the Indian retail industry; the Indian airline industry; Hindustan Unilever Limited; and the 3G Network in India. These cases highlight the business environment of different companies, specifically from the point of view of competitiveness, product development, market strategies and international business. The facts and data are presented in a simple and easy-to-read style for better understanding. The book is meant as an adjunct text for postgraduate students of management. Also, executives attending management and development programmes will also benefit from this title.